GRE Word List
ROUSING
giving rise to excitement : stirring
The meaning of the word rousing is giving rise to excitement : stirring.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| delusive | likely to delude |
| limn | to draw or paint on a surface |
| ascetic | practicing strict self-denial as a measure of personal and especially spiritual discipline |
| permissive | granted on sufferance : tolerated |
| amoral | having or showing no concern about whether behavior is morally right or wrong |
| presage | something that foreshadows or portends a future event : omen |
| engaging | tending to draw favorable attention or interest : attractive |
| posture | the position or bearing of the body whether characteristic or assumed for a special purpose |
| embargo | an order of a government prohibiting the departure of commercial ships from its ports |
| galvanize | to subject to the action of an electric current especially for the purpose of stimulating physiologically |